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Elizabeth D. Rather wrote:
> On 10/15/14 1:12 PM, Joerg wrote:
>> rickman wrote:
> ...
>>>> Problem is, there is no Forth community out here. The last die-hard
>>>> Forth aficionado I personally met was about 30 years ago in Europe.
>>>
>>> I think you may be surprised.  I've already heard from three programmers
>>> from the few posts I've made in just three groups.  Unless you want me
>>> to send then directly to you, I am referring them to this thread.
>>>
>>
>> One of them contacted me already. They are sort of local but not really
>> local-local, like in the same village, down the road from here. We will
>> have lots of situations such as "Hey, I got stuck with the test rig, can
>> you come over real quick?" or "The relief valve over yonder blew a
>> gasket, can you replace it?".
> 
> That sounds more like a need for a local technician than a programmer!
> 

This is a one-of-a-kind tester that I designed and built myself, with
the help of an aerospace engineer. Only one such tester exists in the
world and I am currently the only person who can fix it if something
breaks. The tester is only useful for this particular project. Both the
programmer and I must use it a lot towards the later phases of the projects.


> Virtually none of FORTH, Inc.'s customers for whom we do application
> work are local to us; our most recent major projects were in Vancouver
> BC and Texas. The model we use is to go on site for one or more visits
> (typically a couple of weeks) to get the system part (drivers,
> application design, main body of code) working and the customer's local
> programmer(s) trained. If there is custom hardware and it's portable, we
> ask for one unit to take home. Thereafter, we consult remotely on both
> hardware and software issues. This takes advantage of the fact that the
> customer has far more detailed understanding of the application domain
> than we do, but we have the experience to help get the system design off
> on the right track and provide continuing support (including more visits
> if necessary).


That is how I also normally work, most times I actually never see my
clients face to face except in online meetings. But this project is
different. The software cannot be optimized without working right at the
test apparatus. Since it involves a compressor, pressurized buffer
tanks, valves and such it is also something where I must be present for
safety reasons. I would never let anyone using it by themselves.

-- 
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

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Re: ball-hours rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 00:25 -0400
  Re: ball-hours bruce.person@gmail.com - 2014-10-14 23:51 -0700
    Re: ball-hours rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 03:15 -0400
  Re: ball-hours Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2014-10-15 05:36 -0700
    Re: ball-hours rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 16:22 -0400
      Re: ball-hours Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2014-10-15 16:12 -0700
        Re: ball-hours rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 22:48 -0400
          Re: ball-hours Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2014-10-16 11:21 -0700
            Re: ball-hours rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-10-16 15:24 -0400
              Re: ball-hours Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2014-10-16 13:37 -0700
                Re: ball-hours rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-10-16 17:42 -0400
                Re: ball-hours Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2014-10-17 07:14 -0700
                Re: ball-hours rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-10-17 14:03 -0400
                Re: ball-hours Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2014-10-17 12:03 -0700
                Re: ball-hours rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-10-17 15:23 -0400
                Re: ball-hours Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2014-10-17 12:44 -0700
                Re: ball-hours rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-10-17 18:37 -0400
                Re: ball-hours rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-10-16 20:59 -0400
                Re: ball-hours albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-10-17 08:43 +0000
                Re: ball-hours rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-10-17 13:53 -0400
                Re: ball-hours Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2014-10-17 07:50 -0700
        Re: ball-hours Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 20:42 -0700
          Re: ball-hours rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-10-16 01:50 -0400
            Re: ball-hours Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2014-10-16 00:49 -0700
              Re: ball-hours rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-10-16 05:14 -0400
            Re: ball-hours Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2014-10-16 11:58 -0700
        Re: ball-hours "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-10-16 08:32 -1000
          Re: ball-hours rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-10-16 15:32 -0400
          Re: ball-hours Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2014-10-16 13:45 -0700

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